[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I will very likely be flying on short notice over the next couple of days. I tend to do Southwest, and I'll look at them first.

But if they are not available/too expensive, I will look elsewhere.

I see some cheaper tickets with Frontier and Spirit.

Are those worth the cost savings? Or is the experience so much more miserable that I should just pay the extra couple hundred and go with another carrier?

I've done Southwest for so long now that I am not sure what the new ultra-budget experience is like.

Thanks.

I have made that call a few times though not since before the pandemic. For the most part, if I am flying by myself, I have no issues with flying either Frontier or Spirit to save a couple hundred bucks. I am usually not a do work on the plane or watch movies passenger. I have downloaded music playlists and games on my laptop or tablet so I don't even care about the plane having Wi-Fi. I bring the large noise cancelling headphones as a sign to everyone that I am not interested in having any conversations and I don't have to hear the sales pitch every ten seconds. Finally, the times I have flown with those airlines, I ended up on planes that were half full due to the times of the flights. Last time I flew with Frontier to St Louis, the flight landed at 11-ish at night, it was like $200 cheaper and I ended up in a row by myself.